Review of the safety and efficacy of vitamin A supplementation in the treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition

BACKGROUND: World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines recommend for children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM), high-dose vitamin A (VA) supplements be given on day 1 of admission, and on days 2 and 14 in the case of clinical signs of vitamin A deficiency (VAD). Daily low-dose VA follows, delive...

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Autores principales: Iannotti, Lora L, Trehan, Indi, Manary, Mark J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3850897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24028603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-12-125

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3850897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24028603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-12-125

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